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Melbourne

capital city of Victoria, Australia

🇦🇺 Australia · -37.8142, 144.9631

Melbourne is recorded as a filming location for 23 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Melbourne, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 12 more.

5 productions were filmed at 28 places inside Melbourne rather than at Melbourne itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The director also chose to film in the motorcycle district of Melbourne.”

Ghost Rider (2007) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Melbourne

Ghost Rider 2007
Charlotte's Web 2006
“The fair scene in the story was filmed in Heidelberg in Melbourne at Heidelberg West Football Club's football ground.” Wikipedia
Knowing 2009
“Locations included the Geelong Ring Road; the Melbourne Museum; "Cooinda", a residence in Mount Macedon which was the location for all of the "home and garden" scenes; and Collins Street in Melbourne.” Wikipedia
Lion 2015
“Filming moved to Melbourne in mid-April and then to several locations in Tasmania, including Hobart.” Wikipedia
Killer Elite 2011
Queen of the Damned 2002
“Rymer suggested the film be shot in his home city of Melbourne, which would save considerably on production costs.” Wikipedia
Where the Wild Things Are 2009
“Where the Wild Things Are was a joint production between Australia, Germany, and the United States, and was filmed principally in Melbourne.” Wikipedia
I, Frankenstein 2014
The Leftovers 2014–2017
Predestination 2014
On the Beach 1959
“A notable film shot and set in Melbourne during this lull was On the Beach (1959).” Wikipedia
First Strike 1996
Blacklight 2022
Late Night with the Devil 2023
“Late Night with the Devil was shot in Melbourne, Australia.” Wikipedia
Better Man 2024
Quigley Down Under 1990
The King's Daughter 2022
“After the two-week shoot in France, production then began on April 23 in Melbourne, Australia.” Wikipedia
Salaam Namaste 2005
“Salaam Namaste was the first Indian film to be shot entirely in Australia, primarily in and around Melbourne and regional Victoria.” Wikipedia
The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906
“Melbourne filmmakers spurred Australia's first cinematic boom with The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), shot a quarter century after bushranger Ned Kelly's execution at Old Melbourne Gaol, and since recognised as the world's first feature-length narrative film.” Wikipedia
Head On 1998
Clickbait 2021
“The series is set in Oakland, California, but was mostly filmed in Melbourne, Australia.” Wikipedia
The Castle 1997
“The Castle was filmed mostly in Melbourne, Victoria during July 1996.” Wikipedia
The Newsreader 2021–
“Filming of the News at Six studio was done at the NEP Studios in Southbank, South Melbourne, with the newsroom offices set in a disused chemical warehouse/factory in Brooklyn, west of Melbourne.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Melbourne as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Mad Max 1979
“In the wake of the 1970s Australian Film Revival, many films have been shot and set in Melbourne, including Mad Max (1979), Romper Stomper (1992), Chopper (2000), and Animal Kingdom (2010).” Wikipedia
Home and Away 1988–
“The following month, Home and Away filmed scenes in Melbourne for the second time.” Wikipedia
The Dressmaker 2015
“Production took place in Melbourne and across Victoria, Australia in late 2014.” Wikipedia
Tomorrow, When the War Began 2010
Animal Kingdom 2010
“Animal Kingdom was filmed in the Melbourne metropolitan area.” Wikipedia
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 2011
“An international co-production between the United States, Australia, and Mexico, it was filmed at the Drusilla Mansion in Mount Macedon and Melbourne (both in Victoria, Australia).” Wikipedia
Upgrade 2018
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 2013
Son of a Gun 2014
Orange 2010
“Ted Baillieu had visited the live shooting location of the movie in Docklands, Melbourne, to learn and explore the possibility of attracting Indian film industry to shoot in Victoria.” Wikipedia
Felicity 1979
“Other scenes were filmed in Hong Kong and in a studio at Nunawading in Melbourne; when a typhoon was approaching Hong Kong Lamond moved the unit to Lord Howe Island instead for a number of days.” Wikipedia
Unnale Unnale 2007
“The film was mostly shot in Melbourne, Australia.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Melbourne

5 productions shot at 28 places inside Melbourne, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Melbourne itself.

Ned Kelly Little River 2003
The Pirate Movie Werribee Park per Wikipedia 1982
Round the Twist Williamstown per Wikipedia 1989–2001
Border Security: Australia's Front Line Melbourne Airport 2004–
Crackerjack Windsor 2002

16 more places are inside Melbourne — see them on the map.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Melbourne?

40 productions are recorded as filmed in Melbourne, 5 of them at places inside it, including Ghost Rider (2007), Charlotte's Web (2006) and Knowing (2009). 12 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Melbourne?

Ghost Rider (2007), covered by 52 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Melbourne?

Melbourne is in Australia, at -37.8142, 144.9631.

What other filming locations are near Melbourne?

Docklands, Newport Workshops, Heidelberg, Docklands Studios Melbourne and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.